Here are 29 covers from the hallowed, heavy September fashion issues (click to soak it all in). So how do Vogue, Elle, and the smaller titles stack up? Let's put September to a full statistical analysis.

Number of women over 40 on a September cover: 10, including American Elle, Vogue, and Glamour

Uncanny Valley Award For Most Outrageous Photoshop: Essence

Most wtf hair: American Vogue

Number of magazines in addition to i-D, where such a pose is traditional, where a person on the cover was snapped covering up or closing one eye: 5

Number of black-and-white covers: 8, counting Hutton's LOVE cover and the subscriber covers of US & UK Harper's Bazaar

Prettiest cover: Gisele Bündchen for Harper's Bazaar UK, duh

Number of covers pictured above with the word "Va-jay-jay" in 48-point font: 1

Number of covers pictured above with the words "Fall Fashion": 9

Number of issues claiming to be the "Fashion Issue": 6

Number of American nationals involved in the creation of Vogue Japan's "American Beauty" cover: probably zero, given the fashion editor is Italian, the photographers are Dutch, and the model is Russian

Achievement Award For Most Awkward Pose: jointly given to Jessica Simpson and Elle MacPherson

Most original cover of a mainstream magazine: Lady Gaga on Vanity Fair. Duh.